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Discussion on: The Mysterious React hook: useRef()

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Matthew Pardini

Refs can also be used to store variables for use in useEffects when you don’t want that variable to be in the dependency array.

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Aadi

Wow! Thanks for filling me in. I too have just a decent idea about it but considering the time I wasted on understanding refs, I thought a simple article might save someone else's time.